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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

End of Year Project

Final Year Project... I can't believe we are already here. 

Now is the time to show what you have learned all year.


Frequently Asked Questions

What are these "I can" statements?

You will be given a list of all the major standards that we have covered this year. The standards are written in simpler language based on what you should be able to do.



What are my choices?

With this list of "I can" statements; you must create one of the following for EACH "I can" statement BY THE DATE LISTED to show that you have MASTERED that topic:
  • Comic
  • Birthday Card
  • Poem/Song
  • Recipe
  • "How to" manual/video
  • Collage
  • 5 original question Quiz with answer sheet
  • Flip chart
  • Your idea that is approved by teacher

How will I be graded??

  • 0- Incorrect/no name/no resource or late
  • 1- Correct /ontime

What must be included in every project for credit?

  • Full Name
  • Resource (Book name/Paper name and Page #)

Sunday, May 17, 2015

We are finally going to come back to the budget project!! YAY

Click HERE to go to rubric, example, and instructions

Once you have opened the sheets file...

  1. Click on FILE 
  2. Choose RENAME
  3. Name file YOUR NAME BUDGET
  4. Click SHARE button
  5. Share with JKMS.8TH@GMAIL.COM
  6. Review Rubric to make sure you get the best grade possible
  7. DUE FRIDAY by the END OF YOUR CLASS.
Your homework this week will be to continue to research and add to your presentation
Most of this should be complete because we spent 2 weeks before Christmas working on the research to this assignment


Task:Create a poster board or presentation
(ppt, edu-creations, prezi, slides) to showcase the career
that you have researched and the budget that was created.
1234
Header1.402.403.4Name
Date
Class
Career Project
Pre-work is includedIncomplete with errorsIncomplete and correct
Complete
with many errors
Complete
with few errors
Complete
and correct
Finished pre-work
on time
Pre -work was latePre-work on time
Personality TypeCant read it
or not present
Present-------------------------
Careers Matching
Personality Type
1 are listed or were
not found in personality
2 are listed3 are listed4-5 are listed
Focused Career listedNot listedListed but hard to readListed in bold letters
Specific career tasks0-1 Tasks are listed
that need to be done
by that occupation
2 Tasks are listed
that need to be done
by that occupation
3 Tasks are listed
that need to be done
by that occupation
4 Tasks are listed
that need to be done
by that occupation
Describes
Occupation
Does not list definitionHas a Vague Definition
of the occupation
Describes Occupation
but uses from website
Describes Occupation
in OWN WORDS
Finds Starting SalariesOnly has starting salary
from one source
Starting salaries in
NJ OR US listed
OR broken down into
monthly OR weekly
Starting salaries in
NJ OR/And US listed
OR/And broken down into
monthly and weekly
Starting salaries in
NJ and US listed
and broken down into
monthly and weekly
Found Low and High
% of spending in a
budget
Found Low and High
% in 0-3 categories
Found Low and High
% in 4-7 categories
Found Low and High
% in 8-10 categories
Found Low and High
% in each 11 categories
% Allotted% Allotted doesn't adds up
to 100% but is not
within budget range
% Allotted doesn't adds up
to 100% and is
within budget range
% Allotted adds up
to 100% but is not
within budget range
% Allotted adds up
to 100% and is
within budget range
ChartChart doesn't represent
budget
Chart represents budget
with many errors
Chart represents budget
with few errors
Chart represents budget
Total
Student Self Grade
Teacher Grade
Comments:

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Mathematician Project Helps

Andrea Bertozzi
Click here for Biography
Click here for Article about How she uses math to help solve crimes

Gloria Hewitt
Click here for Biography (this was printed for you and put into your folder)

For all others
Click here for the library site
login at the top right corner with your lunch code

THEN

  1. go to the catalog 
  2. type in mathematician or your mathematicians name 
  3. change the search to EBOOKS

Rubric for Report

Subject

1
2
3
Total
English
Mechanics
0-1/ 4 are present
2-3/4 are present
5 Paragraphs
Double – Spaced
12 Times New Roman
   or   12 Ariel
Less than 10 grammar errors

English
Math
Intro
1 sentence and or does not introduce the mathematician
2-3 sentences and/or
Semi-introduces the mathematician
3 or more sentences
Introduces the mathematician

English
Math
P1: Their Life
0-1/ 4 are present

2-3/4 are present
-   Where, when, to whom were they born?
- What were their interests?
- 3 interesting facts about their life
- When did they die?


P1 length
less than 4 sentences or copied  sentences
4-5 sentences
6 or more ORIGINAL sentences

English
Math
P2: How they got into math.
Partially answered only one question or did not answer either question at all
Partially answered each question but both are present. OR only answered 1
-   How were they introduced to math?
-   What fields of math did they study


P2 length
0-1 sentence or copied  sentences
2-3 sentences
4 or more ORIGINAL sentences

English
Math
P3: What are they known for in math
Partially answered only one question or did not answer either question at all
Partially answered each question but both are present. OR only answered 1
- Why were they famous in the math community?
- What were their major accomplishments


P3 length
0-1 sentence or copied  sentences
2-3 sentences
4 or more ORIGINAL sentences

English
Math
Conclusion
1 sentence and or does not wrap up the mathematician
2-3 sentences and/or
Semi-Wraps up
3 or more sentences
Wraps up the mathematician

English
Math
Complete Header
¼ items listed
  ¾ items listed
Full Name
Date
Class
Interdisciplinary Mathematician Project

English
Bibliography or works cited
1 book source or bibliography not included
1 book source, but many sources or bibliography formatted incorrectly
-        2 or more book sources
-        separate page formatted correctly


Rubric for Presentation Due May 10th-14th

Subject

1
2
3
Total
Math
Time:
1 minute or over 8 minutes
2 minutes or over 6 minutes
3-5 minutes

Math
Comp
Slide 1
1/5
3/5
Mathematician/Inventor’s name, your name, date, class, teachers name

Math
Comp
Slide 2
Have part of 1
Have 1/2
Mathematician/Inventor birthday and place of birth

Math
Comp
Slide 3
1/5
3/5
Childhood/hobbies/siblings/
parents/schooling

Math
Comp
Slide 4
1 fact
2 facts
Family Life (Marriage/children) 3 facts

Math
Comp
Slide 5
none
When or how
When/how did they become a mathematician

Math
Comp
Slide 6
1-2/5
3-4/5
What are 5 interesting facts about this mathematician/inventor?


Math
Comp
Slide 7
none
incomplete
Job/Work history

Math
Comp
Slide 8
none
Not math related
What did he/she accomplish or invent?


Math
Comp
Slide 9
none
Not math related
Why is he/she worthy of acknowledgement?

Math
Comp
Slide 10
none
Summary or what they learned
Conclusion/Summary/What did you learn from this project?

Math
Comp
Pictures
1-4 pictures included
5-9 pictures included
Includes a minimum of 10 pictures

Math
Comp
Presentation length
1-4 or 30+ Slides
5-9 or 21-29 Slides
Minimum of 10 slides
Maximum of 20 slides

Math
Comp
Neat & Organized
Less than ½ slides are neat, easy to read, and organized
½ slides are neat, easy to read, and organized
All slides are neat, easy to read, and organized

Math
Comp
Creative
Slides have only words
½ of the slides have more than words
There are more than just words on ALL slides
(Fun fonts pictures, and/or color J)

Math
Presenting
1/3
2/3
Information isn’t just read off of screen.
Faced audience.
Spoke loud enough to be heard in back.

EXTRA
Animation
1- less than half slides have animation
½ + slides have Animations on either slides or transitions or not all slides for both
Animations within the slides and in transition


TOTAL